By Emanuele Venturoli| Posted January 30, 2017 | In MotoGP, MotoGP
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP riders Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi carried out their testing programme in a positive fashion today. Despite challenging track conditions, the teammates took second and fourth place respectively in the time sheets on the second day of testing at the Sepang International Circuit whilst working their way through a list of new items.
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP‘s Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi were back in action today at the Sepang International Circuit for the second of the three track days that mark the start of 2017 MotoGP racing activity. They continued to work through a number of different testing materials, taking second and fourth place respectively in today‘s time sheets.
The riders had to be patient at the start of the eight-hour session. Damp track conditions made for a four-hour wait before they could put their 2017 YZR-M1s to the test.
Once the track had dried sufficiently, Viñales was keen to head out and continued his hunt for the perfect set-up. He soon found a good rhythm and he comfortably began to chip away at his time. After o ne and a half hours he posted a best lap of 2‘00.646s to temporarily take over the top of the standings before the pace of the other riders picked up.
In the meantime, the young Spaniard proceeded to test the new fairing in order to be able to compare data with his teammate, but couldn‘t resist to push on his final stint. Viñales was one of only two riders to drop under the 2‘00 mark with, a 1‘59.858s and ended the day in second place, 0.406s from the front.
Rossi was also eager to work on the bike set-up to improve performance and left pit lane as soon as the circuit was dry. As one of the first riders to venture out on track, he put in 54 laps, which he used to compare the new fairing to the old version.
With his physical condition improved from yesterday, he underlined that he was back on form by bei ng one of the few riders to improve on his best time of the day before. At the very end of the session he put in a time attack to move up to fourth place in today‘s standings, with a fastest lap of 2‘00.254s, 0.802s from first.
| 1. | A. IANNONE | TEAM SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’59.452 | |
| 2. | M. VIÑALES | MOVISTAR YAMAHA MOTOGP | 1’59.858 | |
| 3. | A. BAUTISTA | PULL & BEAR ASPAR TEAM | 2’00.218 | |
| 4. | V. ROSSI | MOVISTAR YAMAHA MOTOGP | 2’00.254 | |
| 5. | J. ZARCO | MONSTER YAMAHA TECH3 | 2’00.343 | |
| 6. | H. BARBERA | AVINTIA RACING | 2’00.352 | |
| 7. | A. DOVIZIOSO | DUCATI TEAM | 2’00.441 | |
| 8. | J. LORENZO | DUCATI TEAM | 2’00.484 | |
| 9. | J. FOLGER | MONSTER YAMAHA TECH3 | 2’00.495 | |
| 10. | M. MARQUEZ | REPSOL HONDA TEAM | 2’00.531 | |
| 11. | A. ESPARGARÒ | APRILIA RACING TEAM GRESINI | 2’00.609 | |
| 12. | C. CRUTCHLOW | LCR HONDA | 2’00.691 | |
| 13. | A. RINS | TEAM SUZUKI ECSTAR | 2’00.876 | |
| 14. | D. PEDROSA | REPSOL HONDA TEAM | 2’00.886 | |
| 15. | S. REDDING | OCTO PRAMAC YAKHNICH | 2’00.972 | |
| 16. | K. ABRAHAM | PULL & BEAR ASPAR TEAM | 2’00.981 | |
| 17. | D. PETRUCCI | OCTO PRAMAC YAKHNICH | 2’01.124 | |
| 18. | L. BAZ | AVINTIA RACING | 2’01.227 | |
| 19. | M. PIRRO | DUCATI TEST TEAM | 2’01.382 | |
| 20. | P. ESPARGARÒ | RED BULL KTM FACTORY RACING | 2’01.525 | |
| 21. | J. MILLER | TEAM EG 0,0 MARC VDS | 2’01.556 | |
| 22. | S. LOWES | APRILIA RACING TEAM GRESINI | 2’02.058 | |
| 23. | T. RABAT | TEAM EG 0,0 MARC VDS | 2’02.189 | |
| 24. | T. TSUDA | SUZUKI TEST TEAM | 2’02.267 | |
| 25. | B. SMITH | RED BULL KTM FACTORY RACING | 2’02.516 | |
| 26. | K. NAKASUGA | YAMAHA FACTORY RACING | 2’02.893 | |
| 27. | K. NOZANE | YAMAHA FACTORY RACING | ||
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Emanuele Venturoli holds a degree in Public, Political and Institutional Communication from the University of Bologna. He has built his professional career at the intersection of marketing and sport, with hands-on experience in both basketball and motorsport. He is passionate about motorsport, design and literature, and focuses on helping brands create effective and meaningful partnerships in high-performance sporting environments.
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